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This book looks at the recent history of sex, contraception, and abortion in Australia’s most conservative state, Queensland. In western nations, there has largely been a consistent increase in avai……続きを見る

A stunning meditation on the remarkable insights that Australia’s trees can offer into our past The trees around us ー some we may walk past every day ー tell a story. The mallee box by the twelfth ……続きを見る

Warlpiri songs hold together the ceremonies that structure and bind social relationships, and encode detailed information about Warlpiri country, cosmology and kinship. Today, only a small group of ……続きを見る

The stories in this anthology speak of the love between Aboriginal peoples and their countries. They are personal accounts that share knowledge, insight and emotion, each speaking of a deep connecti……続きを見る

Flavius Josephus war einer der bedeutendsten Historiker der antiken Welt. Als junger Priester aus der Jerusalemer Oberschicht hatte Josephus eine aktive Rolle im Jüdischen Krieg. Nach dem Fall von J……続きを見る

Forget Amityville, Annabelle and even the Connecticut home that inspired The Conjuring - the most haunted home that world-famous ghost hunter Lorraine Warren ever stepped foot in was a three-bedroom……続きを見る

In 'Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier', John Pinkerton takes readers on a fascinating journey through the exploration and discovery of Australia by three prominent historical figure……続きを見る

This book is about Port Moresby-the capital of Papua New Guinea-but it is not about the city of today. Rather, it is about taim bipo (a Pidgin English term meaning 'previously' or 'as it was'), abou……続きを見る

Embark on a transformative journey through Indigenous health in Australia with "Healing Across Cultures," authored by Graham Player, with contribution from Hugh McClung. Drawing on over forty years ……続きを見る

This book makes a major contribution to the continuing legal and historical struggle for equal pay in Australia, with international references, including Canada, the UK and US. It takes law, history……続きを見る

This is not a book for the likes of Dylan Rocher or Phillipe Quintais. It is a book about how to improve your game as an average club player looking to take the next step to being a better regional ……続きを見る

For many of the Royal Marines sent to Port Essington, life was a living hell of malaria, scurvy, termites, shipwrecks, cyclones, boredom, isolation and death. For one man, it was the 'most useless, ……続きを見る

The last decade of the nineteenth century was a tough time for South Australia's Top End settlement of Palmerston. The major industries of mining, pastoralism, and agriculture suffered from downturn……続きを見る

The fascinating lives and turbulent times of Henry Lawson and Andrew 'Banjo' Paterson - the two men who wrote Australia's story. Today most of us know that Henry Lawson and Andrew 'Banjo' Paterson w……続きを見る

Twenty-five years ago, New Zealand welcomed the most notorious rock 'n' roll stars of the 1990s, Oasis, to its shores. The band's first two albums Definitely Maybe and (What's the Story) Morning Glo……続きを見る

La crónica del Perú es una obra cumbre de la crónica indiana escrita por Pedro de Cieza de León en el siglo XVI. Esta crónica detalla la historia, la cultura y las costumbres de los pueblos incas, p……続きを見る

‘A riveting account about Scott of Antarctica and the machinations of his demise. Of the food depots that were diminished and the rescue that never came.’ – Peter Hillary, mountaineer and explorer F……続きを見る

Amazing revelations and extraordinary exploits of Australia's elite secret warriors. There was something unique about Australians and New Zealanders in war that prompted World War II Allied commande……続きを見る

A system of government primary schools for Maori children created by Parliament in 1867 was regarded as a temporary measure until they learnt English and were Europeanised. But it lasted for 100 yea……続きを見る

From multi-award-winning writer Helen Ennis comes the first ever biography of the photographer Max Dupain, the most influential Australian photographer of the 20th century and creator of many iconic……続きを見る

The essential travel companion for anyone visiting Gallipoli. Each year, thousands of Australians visit Gallipoli to pay homage and see where their forebears fought, suffered and died. Anzac Cove, Q……続きを見る

This book is the first of its kind to showcase a range of fresh and expert perspectives on decolonising history education in Australia. The research-informed chapters by First Nations and non-Indige……続きを見る

The lives of C. Y. O'Connor and Henry Calvert Barnett crossed in Fremantle during the heady days of the Coolgardie-Kalgoorlie gold rush. One, the engineer O'Connor, built a world-class harbour at Fr……続きを見る

In 1963ーa year of race riots in the United States and explosive agitation for civil rights worldwideーthe Indigenous people of the Northern Territory were yet to be recognised as full adults. Almos……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Dahinten in der Heide" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Hermann Löns (1866-1914) war ein deutscher Journa……続きを見る

This edited book is the second in the book series “Managing the Post-Colony”. The book series is co-edited by Nimruji Jammulamadaka (IIM Calcutta, India) and Gavin Jack (Monash University, Australia……続きを見る

Emeritus Professor of History, John Maynard, on the Socceroos journey through World Cup qualifying campaigns, with the two (print) volumes brought together in one e-book. Volume 1 starts with the ca……続きを見る

The true story of how at the beginning of the 20th century Jessie the elephant walked from Moore Park Zoo to her spacious new home in the Taronga Zoological Park. It was still dark when Mr Miller op……続きを見る

The legend of Te Hokioi, the extinct giant eagle of New Zealand, leads Peter Walker from a Canterbury sheep run to the Rare Books Room of the British Library and to ‘ sacred' Raiatea in Polynesia, a……続きを見る